成语

chéng yǔ

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Definitions

  1. 1. Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
  2. 2. idiom
  3. 3. proverb
  4. 4. saying
  5. 5. adage

Words Containing 成语

合成语境
hé chéng yǔ jìng

composite context

合成语音
hé chéng yǔ yīn

assembled phonology

外来成语
wài lái chéng yǔ

loan idiom

成语典故
chéng yǔ diǎn gù

historical or literary anecdote that gives rise to a saying

成语接龙
chéng yǔ jiē lóng

game where the last word of one idiom 成語|成语[chéng yǔ] is the first of the next

Child Words of 成语

成
chéng

to succeed

语
yǔ

dialect

语
yù

to tell to